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CMS Vocab1
Prefixes Suffixes Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MICROHEMATURIA | MICROSCOPIC AMOUNTS OF BLOOD IN URINE |
| MONOOCULAR | HAVING ONE EYE |
| PANACEA | CURE ALL REMEDY |
| POLYCYTE | MANY CELLS |
| SEMICONSCIOUS | NOT COMPLETELY AWARE |
| PREFIX ANTE(BEFORE) ANTEPARTAL | TO HAVE LABOR PAINS OCCURRING BEFORE THE YOUNG IS BORN |
| PREFIX META (AFTER, BEYOND, CHANGE)METABOLISM | THE SUM OF ALL THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESS BY WHICH LIVING ORGANIZED SUBSTANCES IS PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED AND ALSO THE TRANSFORMATION BY WHICH ENERGY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE USES OF THE OTHER ORGANISM |
| PREFIX POST (AFTER, BEHIND) POSTOPERATIVE | OCCURRANCE AFTER A SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
| PREFIX PRE (BEFORE,INFRONT OF) PREVENTION | ACTIONS DIRECTED TO PREVENTING AN ILLNESS |
| PREFIX SUB (UNDER, BENEATH,BELOW) SUBMUSCULAR | SITUATED UNDERNEATH A MUSCLE OR MUSCLES |
| PREFIX SUPRA (ABOVE,TOPSIDE) SUPRARENAL | ABOVE A KIDNEY |
| PREFIX SYM (TOGETHER) SYMBIOGENESIS | THE MERGING OF TWO SEPARATE ORGANISMS TO FORM A SINGLE NEW ORGANISM |
| PREFIX SYN (TOGETHER, JOINED) SYNPHRYS | THE PRESENCE OF ABUNDANT HAIR BEWTEEN THE EYEBROWS CONVERGING TO MAKE ONE LONG EYEBROW |
| PREFIX AB (FROM, AWAY FROM, ABSENT) ABLATE | TO REMOVE |
| PREFIX AMBI (BOTH, BOTH SIDES) AMBIDEXTROUS | THE ABILITY TO USE BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS WITH EQUAL DEXTERITY |
| PREFIX AN (WITHOUT, NOT) ANESTHESIA | LOSS OF FEELING OF AWARENESS |
| PREFIX ANISO (DISSIMILAR, UNEQUAL) ANISOCORIA | PUPILS THAT ARE NOT OF EQUAL SIZE |
| PREFIX ANKYLO (WITH, TOGETHER WITH) ANKYLOGLOSSIA | PARTIAL OR COMPLETE FUSION OF THE TONGUE TO THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH; ABNORMAL SHORTNESS OF THE FRENULUM LINGUAE |
| PREFIX CON (WITH, TOGETHER WITH) CONCEPTION | THE UNION OF THE SPERM AND OVUM |
| PREFIX CONTRA (AGAINST,OPPOSITE) CONTRAST | DYES USED TO PROVIDE CONTRAST BETWEEN VESSELS AND OTHER TISSUE |
| PREFIX DYS (PAINFFUL,DIFFICULT,DISORDERED) DISCARTHIA | DISORDER CAUSED BY PARALYSIS, WEAKNESS OR INABILITY TO COORDINATE THE MUSCLES OF THE MOUTH |
| PREFIX RE (AGAIN) REABSORPTION | ABSORBING AGAIN |
| PREFIX ANDRO (MALE,MAN,MASCULINE)ANDROGENIC | THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALE CHARACTERISTICS |
| PREFIX AUTO (SELF)AUTOANTIBODY | DIRECTED AGAINST THE PATIENTS OWN BODY TISSUE |
| PREFIX BRADY (SLOW) BRADYCARDIA | SLOW HEART RATE |
| PREFIX HYPER (EXCESSIVE) HYPEREMESIS | EXCESSIVE VOMITING |
| PREFIX HYPO (LESS)HYPOKALEMIA | LOW BLOOD POTASSIUM |
| PREFIX PSEUDO (FALSE)PSEUDOCYESIS | FALSE PREGNANCY |
| PREFIX TACHY (FAST,RAPID) TACHYCARDIA | RAPID HEART RATE |
| PREFIX A (WITHOUT) ANEMIA | LESS THAN THE NORMAL NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
| PREFIX AN (WITHOUT,NO,NOT) ANERGY | STATE OF IMMUNE UNRESPONSIVENESS |
| PREFIX BI (TWO,TWICE) BILATERAL | HAVING OR RELATING TO TWO SIDES |
| PREFIX MACRO (LARGE) MACROCEPHALY MACROGLOSSIA | ABNORMAL LARGENESS OF THE HEAD ENLARGED TONGUE |
| PREFIX HEMI (HALF) HEMIPARESIS | WEAKNESS ON ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| HEMIAOPIA | BLINDNESS IN 1/2 OF VISUAL FIELD |
| BILATERAL | HAVING OR RELATING TO TWO SIDES |
| ANOREXIA | LACK OR LOS OF APPETITE FOR FOOD |
| APNEA | ABSENCE OF BREATH |
| TACHYPNEA | ABNORMALLY FAST BREATHING |
| PSEUDOCYESIS | FALSE PREGNANCY |
| PSEUDORUBELLA | VIRAL DISEASE OF INFANTS |
| HYPOKALEMIA | LOW BLOOD POTASSIUM |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| BRADYPEPSIA | SLOWNESS OF DIGESTION |
| AUTOGENEOUS | ORIGINATING WITHIN THE BODY |
| ANDROGEN | MALE SEX HORMONE |
| REGENERATION | GROW BACK A LOST LIMB |
| DISPNEA | PAINFUL BREATHING |
| CONTRACEPTION | PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY |
| CONTRACTURE | TIGHTENING OF MUSCLES TOGETHER |
| ANKLYOSIS | STIFFFNESS, FUSION OF A JOINT |
| ANISOCYTE | DISSIMILAR CELLS |
| ANALGESIC | MEDICINE TO REDUCE PAIN |
| AMBIENT | SURROUNDING AREA OR ENVIORNMENT |
| ABDOMEN | BELLY |
| SYNCEPHALY | CONJOINED TWINS JOINED AT THE HEAD |
| SYMBIOGENESIS | THE MERGING OF TWO SEPARTE ORGANISMS TO FORM A SINGLE NEW ORGANISM |
| SUPRAORBITAL | ABOVE THE ORBIT OF THE EYE |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | BENEATH THE SKIN |
| PREADOLESCENCE | BEFORE GROWTH |
| POSTENCEPHALITIS | AFTER INFLAMMATION OF THE HEAD |
| METACARPAL | AFTER WRIST |
| ANTEFLEXION | BENT FORWARD |
| PREFIX SEMI (HALF) SEMICONSIOUS | NOT COMPLETELY AWARE OF SENSATIONS, PARTIALY CONSCIOUS |
| PREFIX POLY (MANY)POLYNERITIC | INFLAMMATION OF SEVERAL PERIPHERAL NERVES SIMULTANEOUS |
| PREFIX PAN (ALL) PANMYELOID | PERTAINING TO ALL ELEMENTS OF THE BONE MARROW |
| PREFIX MULTI (MANY) MULTIGLANDULAR | PERTAINING TO SEVERAL GLANDS |
| PREFIX MONO (ONE) MONOARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF ONE JOINT AT A TIME |
| NEPHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY |
| ARTHODESIS | FUSION OF THE JOINTS |
| DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| DENTIST | SPECIALIST OF TEETH |
| GASTRECTOMY | EXCISION OR REMOVAL OF THE STOMACH |
| CHONDRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER |
| HEPTOMA | TUMOR OF THE LIVER |
| MUSCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE MUSCLE |
| OSTEOMA | TUMOR OF THE BONE |
| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN |
| OTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR |
| HYSTERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS |
| HYDROPHOBIA | FEAR OF WATER |
| NEUROMA | TUMOR OF THE NERVE |
| CEPHALODYNIA | PAIN IN THE HEAD |
| HEMATURIA | BLOOD IN THE URINE |
| DYSPNEA | PAINFUL BREATHING |
| LEUCOCYTE | WHITE CELL |
| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER |
| HEMORRHAGE | EXCESSIVE BLEEDING |
| EDEMA | SWELLING |
| APNEA | NOT BREATHING;WITHOUT BREATH |
| BRADYCARDIA | SLOW HEART RATE |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | BELOW NORMAL BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IN THE BLOOD |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE |
| TACHYCARDIA | RAPID EATING OR SWALLOWING |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ALL 4 EXTREMETIES |
| STOMATOMYCOSIS | ABNORMAL MOUTH FUNGUS |
| HYPEREMESIS | INCREASE OF VOMITING |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OR STRICTURE OF THE ARTERIES |
| OPHTHALMOSCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW THE EYE |
| BRADYPHAGIA | SLOW BREATHING |
| PNEUMOCENTESIS | PUNCTURE OF THE LUNG |
| -CELE | PROTRUSION |
| -ECTASIS | EXPANSION,STRETCHING |
| -EMIA | CONDITION |
| -IASIS | CONDITION |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGED |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PHOBIA | FEAR |
| -PTOSIS | DOWNWARD |
| -RRHAGE | EXCESSIVE |
| -RRHEA | FLOW |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -GENIC | ORIGIN;PRODUCE |
| -LYSIS | DESTRUCTION |
| -PENIA | DECREASE |
| -SPASM | INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT |
| -GRAPHY | RECORDING |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -SCOPE | TO VIEW |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION;TO PUT IN PLACE |
| -PLASTY | MOLD;RECONSTRUCT |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURE CLOSING;STITCHING |
| -TRIPSY | CRUSHING STONE |
| CONTENTS OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY | STOMACH, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, SPLEEN, PANCREAS, SMALL INSTESTINE, LARGE INTESTINE, KIDNEYS |
| CONTENTS OF THORACIC CAVITY | LUNGS, HEART, ESOPHAGUS, TRACH |
| WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN BODY CAVITIES | DORSAL CAVITY AND VENTRAL CAVITY |
| WHAT IS THE DORSAL CAVITY COMPOSED OF | CRANIAL CAVITY AND SPINAL CAVITY |
| WHAT IS THE VENTRAL CAVITY COMPOSED OF | THORACIC CAVITY, ABDOMINAL CAVITY, PELVIC CAVITY |
| DNA CONTAINS WHAT | GENETIC GENES |
| NAME THE BODY PLANES | FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE MID SAGITAL PLANE TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL PLANE |
| IMAGINARY LINE DIVIDES THE BODY INTO FRON ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR PARTS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PLANE | FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE |
| DIVIDES BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT PARTS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PLANE | MID SAGITAL PLANE |
| DIVIDES BODY INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PARTS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PLANE | TRANSVERSE PLANE |
| WHAT IS THE CHEMISTRY FORMULA FOR HYDROCLORIC ACID | HCL |
| ORGANS ARE MADE OF WHAT | TISSUES WORKING TOGETHER |
| WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANOTOMICAL POSITION | STANDING UP STRAIT, BODY FACING FORWARD AND OPEN HANDS WITH PALMS FACING FORWARD |
| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEMS | ORGANS - GROUPS OF TISSUES ORGAN SYSTEMS - GROUP OF ORGANS |
| NOSTRELS | ALA NASI |
| WHAT IS AN ORGAN | STRUCTURE FORMED BY ORGANIZATION OF 2 OR MORE DIFFERENT TISSUE TYPES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT A SPECIFIC FUNCTION |
| WHAT ARE ORGAN SYSTEMS | ORGANS JOINED TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT VITAL FUNCTIONS |
| WHAT IS THE NORMAL PH BALANCE FOR THE HUMAN BODY | 7.36 - 7.45 |
| WHAT IS MATTER | ANYTHING THAT OCCUPIES SPACE |
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LIVER | IT INITIALLY RECEIVES MOST ABSORBED NUTRIENTS THROUGH THE PORTAL VEIN:IT DETOXIFIES DRUGS AND MANY EXOGENEOUS SUBSTANCES AND IS ALSO OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN FAT, CARBOHYDRATE, AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; ALSO STORES GLYCOGEN |
| WHAT IS HOMOSAPIENS | SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR MAN |
| WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF TISSUE | EPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE MUSCLE NERVOUS |
| WHAT IS THE SMALLEST UNIT OF ORGANIZATION | ATOM |
| WHAT IS THE CELL | IS THE SMALLEST STRUCTURE OF ANATOMY |
| WHAT IS HOMEOSTASIS | BALANCE IN THE HUMAN BODY |
| WHAT IS PHYSIOLOGY | STUDY OF FUNCTION |
| WHAT IS ANATOMY | STUDY OF THE BODY |
| WHAT DOES THE BODY CONSIST OF | CHEMICAL LEVELS |
| WHAT IS THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BODY | CELLS |
| WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SUPERIOR | MEANS THE TOP |
| WHAT IS INFERIOR | BELOW |
| WHAT IS ANTERIOR VENTRAL | FRONT |
| WHAT IS POSTERIOR DORSAL | BACK |
| WHAT IS MEDIAL | MIDDLE PART |
| WHAT IS LATERAL | TO THE SIDES |
| WHAT IS INTERMEDIATE | IS IN BETWEEN |
| WHAT IS IPSYLATERAL | ON THE SAME SIDE |
| WHAT IS CONTRALATERAL | OPPOSITE SIDES |
| WHAT IS PROXIMAL | NEARNESS TO THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT |
| WHAT IS DISTAL | FARTHEST FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT |
| WHAT IS SUPERFICIAL | ON THE SURFACE |
| WHAT IS DEEP | INSIDE OR WITHIN |
| WHAT IS CRANIAL | PERTAINING TO OR TOWARDS THE HEAD |
| WHAT IS CAUDAL | PERTAINING TO OR TOWARDS THE TAIL OR FEET |
| WHAT IS HEMACRIT | READING OF RED BLOOD COUNT |
| WHAT IS SUBSTANCE | ANY LIQUID FORM |
| WHAT IS PERISTALSIS | INVOLUNTARY WAVE LIKE MOTION THAT PROPELLS FOOD TO THE STOMACH |
| WRITE PLURAL OF CORNEA | CORNEAE |
| WHAT SHAPE IS THE APPENDIX AND WHAT IS ITS FUNCTION | IT IS VERMI FORM (SHAPE LIKE A WORM) AND HAS NO FUNCTION |
| WHAT IS "SIGNS + SYMPTOMS" | = DIAGNOSIS |
| PHAGA | EATING |
| DERMATOSIS | SKIN CONDITION |
| MYELOPATHY | DISEASE STATE OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| NEPHROPTOSIS | DOWNWARD PLACEMENT OF THE KIDNEY |
| AMENORRHEA | ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION |
| ANGIORRHEXIS | RUPTURE OF A BLOOD OR LYMPHATIC VESSEL |
| SARCOMA | CANCER |
| LITHOTRIPSY | CRUSHING OF STONES |
| DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| NEPHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY |
| GASTRIA | RELATING OR PERTAINING TO THE STOMACH |
| TENPANIC MEMBRANCE | EAR DRUM |
| HEMOPTYSIS | SPIT BLOOD |
| HEMOTYMESIS | VOMIT BLOOD |
| HEMIPLEGIA | HALF OF BODY |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | FROM THE NECK DOWN |
| PARAPLEGIA | FROM THE WAIST DOWN |
| WHAT IS CVA STROKE | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| WHAT IS MYOCARCIAL INFARCTION (MI) | STROKE |
| WHAT IS A TENDON | ATTACHES BONE TO MUSCLE |
| WHAT IS A LIGAMENT | ATTACHES BONE TO BONE |
| WHAT IS THE SINGULAR OF BRONCHI | BRONCUS |
| BRADYPHASIA | TALK SLOW |
| WHAT IS THE NORMAL HEART RATE | 60-100 BEATS PER MIN |
| WHAT IS THE RESPITORY RATE | 12-20 CYCLES PER MIN |
| ANURIA | ABSENCE OF URINATION |
| CYANOSIS | BLUE DISCOLORATION |
| NAME THE QUADRANTS | FROM TOP DOWN: EPIGASTRIC UPPER LEFT QUADRANT (ULQ) EPIGASTRIC REGION UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT LEFT LUMBAR REGION UMBILICAL REGION RIGHT LUMBAR REGION LEFT ILIAC REGION HYPOPUBIC REGION RIGHT ILIAC REGION |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN LEFT CHONDRIAC (ULQ) | STOMACH SPLEEN TAIL OF PANCREAS SPLENIC FEATURE OF COLON UPPER POLE OF LEFT KIDNEY SUPRARENAL GLAND |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE EPIGASTRIC QUADRANT | PYLORIC END OF STOMACH DUODENUM PANCREAS PORTION OF LIVER |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC QUADRANT | RIGHT LOBE OF LIVER GALLBLADDER PART OF DUODENUM HEPATIC FLEXURE OF COLON PART OF RIGHT KIDNEY SUPRARENAL GLAND |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE LEFT LUMBAR QUADRANT | DESCENDING COLON LOWER 1/2 OF LEFT KIDNEY PARTS OF JEJUNUM AND ILEUM |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE UMBILICAL QUADRANT | OMENTUM MESENTERY TRANSVERSE COLON LOWER PART OF DUODENUM JEJUNUM AND ILEUM |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT LUMBAR QUADRANT | ASCENDING COLON LOWER HALF OF RIGHT KIDNEY PART OF DUODENUM AND JEJUNUM |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE LEFT ILIAC (LLQ) | SIGMOID COLON LEFT URETER LEFT OVARY IN FEMALE |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE HYPOGASTRIC OR PELVIC QUADRANT | ILEUM BLADDER |
| WHAT IS LOCATED IN THE RIGHT ILIAC (LRQ) | CECUM APPENDIX LOWER END OF ILEUM RIGHT URETER RIGHT OVARY IN FEMALE |
| WHAT ARE THE SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY | SKELETAL DIGESTIVE MUSCULAR LYMPHATIC ENDOCRINE NERVOUS CARDIOVASCULAR MALE REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE URINARY |
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